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difficulty vs hard time

hard time vs difficulty

difficulty and hard time both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
difficulty Yes No No No
hard time Yes No No No
As nouns, hard time is a hyponym of difficulty; that is, hard time is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than difficulty:
  • difficulty: the quality of being almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring a great effort to achieve a positive result
  • hard time: a difficulty that can be overcome with effort
Other hyponyms of difficulty include effortfulness, asperity, grimness, hardship, rigor, rigorousness, rigour, rigourousness, severeness, severity, hardness, ruggedness, formidability, toughness, burdensomeness, heaviness, onerousness, oppressiveness, niceness, subtlety, inconvenience, troublesomeness, worriment, problem, trouble, facer, killer, kink, pisser, booby trap, pitfall, snorter, balk, baulk, check, deterrent, handicap, hinderance, hindrance, impediment, wrinkle, bitch, plight, predicament, quandary, rattrap, pinch, fix, hole, jam, kettle of fish, mess, muddle, pickle, rough sledding, strain, stress, mire, job, problem, situation, urinary hesitancy, wall, thorniness.
difficulty (noun) hard time (noun)
an effort that is inconvenient a difficulty that can be overcome with effort
the quality of being almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring a great effort to achieve a positive result a term served in a maximum security prison
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